After numerous press releases and backwards and forwards amongst SARU, Blue Bulls Rugby, Heyneke Meyer, Gert Smal and even Peter de Villiers, it seems that the cat is now unofficially out the bag, and that the National Coach will be Heyneke Meyer. But what does this mean? [...]

It seems that the National Coach announcement scheduled to take place this Friday afternoon has been finalised before it has even started, with a fresh press release coming from within the Blue Bulls Rugby Company. [...]

It seems that the dreaded off season is drawing to a close and we are finally starting to get rugby news that we actually care about. Cricket commentary will dominate these pages for another 1 or 2 days at most but it won’t be long before normal service resumes. [...]

Frans Ludeke’s Bulls side lost their first Super Rugby warm-up game against the Southern Kings on Saturday, with the home side scoring a convincing 23-7 victory over the Super 14 champions. While it must be remembered that the Bulls fielded a vastly weakened side, the inability of his backup players to produce any sort of a performance worthy of the blue jersey will have the coach scratching his head a little. [...]

The Blue Bulls Rugby Union – in the guise of the University of Pretoria’s Tukkies Varsity Cup team, seem to be going all out to claim the one trophy on the domestic scene that has so far not made a trip to Pretoria in recent years. The Maties from Stellenbosch have won the Varsity Cup three years in a row since its inception and Tukkies want in on the action. [...]

In a case of sick irony, it was announced today that the Bulls have lost their stalwart lock Danie Rossouw through injury, just hours after they announced that they have agreed to loan one of their promising young locks, Wilhelm Steenkamp to the Sharks. [...]